08 DECEMBER 2014abc.net.au
Work set to begin on bauxite mine near Campbell Town in northern Tasmania
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Work on a bauxite mine in Tasmania's northern midlands is expected to start next month.
The Bald Hill bauxite project, near Campbell Town, has been approved by the Northern Midlands Council.
It will employ 45 people and is expected to extract more than 1 million tonnes of bauxite over five years.
Australian Bauxite's Ian Levy said shipments were expected to being early next year.
"We're hoping in January that we can do some trial test work to make sure that our design is optimum," he said.
"During January we will start earthmoving, during February we'll start shipments of the product down to the port and hopefully we'll get a ship away either in late February or in early March."
The company also plans to mine bauxite, which is used in the production of aluminium, at Conara and in the Fingal Valley.
Mayor David Downie said it was a welcome boost for the region.
"After the demise of the forest industry this is another industry that's being developed and it's creating economic activity," he said.
"It's another business, it's a mine that will be employing a number of people and its activity that's being developed and that's only good for our economy."
The Bald Hill bauxite project, near Campbell Town, has been approved by the Northern Midlands Council.
It will employ 45 people and is expected to extract more than 1 million tonnes of bauxite over five years.
Australian Bauxite's Ian Levy said shipments were expected to being early next year.
"We're hoping in January that we can do some trial test work to make sure that our design is optimum," he said.
"During January we will start earthmoving, during February we'll start shipments of the product down to the port and hopefully we'll get a ship away either in late February or in early March."
The company also plans to mine bauxite, which is used in the production of aluminium, at Conara and in the Fingal Valley.
Mayor David Downie said it was a welcome boost for the region.
"After the demise of the forest industry this is another industry that's being developed and it's creating economic activity," he said.
"It's another business, it's a mine that will be employing a number of people and its activity that's being developed and that's only good for our economy."
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